<p>if we are both applying to the same school?</p>
<p>No. I don’t see why you think that would be considered a hook? My Yale interviewer found out I was an identical twin and starting telling me how she’d only ever met one pair of twins who were both accepted to the same college, and it was really rare. </p>
<p>No. But you can still mention it in your essay.</p>
<p>It is based on the fact that many schools ask you about it on their supplement. OTOH, they may choose to accept or reject both of you.</p>
<p>My identical twins had the exact same results for the schools they both applied too. Very similar grades, although one of them had a GPA that was a little higher, very similar EC’s, but one of them had higher test scores. I have to say I was very surprised. </p>
<p>It is an interesting fact, you could choose to write an essay about how it impacted your life, but it is not a hook. The school will not worry about accepting/rejecting you as a pair.</p>
<p>twinmom - where did they get in and where are they attending?</p>
<p>I am surprised by how many pairs of twins attend Stanford. I was even more surprised that Yale admitted quadruplets with full financial package 3 years ago.</p>
<p>private colleges are generally reluctant to split decisions with twins unless they are significantly different. So twin mom, it is not unusual that your twins were accepted to the same schools. These schools are actually sensitive to the havoc it can make on family dynamics by accepting one twin and rejecting another. I also had twins apply to college last year and they had identical decisions to all schools that they both applied to. It is not a hook, but can actually make acceptance more difficult since a school must be willing to use two acceptance slots for twins.</p>
<p>I don’t know if the same holds true for larger public schools where decisions are less holistic and more numbers based.</p>
<p>I’m a twin, not identical though, and we are too worlds apart grade wise. Many schools don’t want to separate twins that apply to the same school so typically what happens is you either both get accepted or you’ll both be rejected.</p>